vow

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.

   “The old hermit, up in the mountains, took a vow of silence.”

2. isim A declaration or assertion.

   “Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.”

3. isim A votive offering.

   “There are also waxen vows, that represent other parts of the body mixed with them; but of these there are few in comparison of the number of the Priapi.”

4. fiil To make a vow; to promise.

   “When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it.”

5. fiil To make a vow regarding (something).

   “The wronged woman vowed revenge.”

6. fiil To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation.

   “The rebels vowed to continue their fight.”